The Effects of Catheter Ablation Therapy on Medication Use and Expenditures in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Matthew R. Reynolds, Guy David, Candace Gunnarsson, Jamie L. March, Steven C. Hao

“…Sub-analyses were performed for patients age ≥65. **Results:** AF patients treated with catheter ablation had significantly lower AAD utilization and total prescription drug costs than those treated with AADs only. …”
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Impact of combiner aerobic and resistance training on depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Hai Wang, Qinzheng Liu, Yingxu Pan

“…Subgroup analysis based on study area, age, severity of depressive symptoms, and exercise prescription revealed that resistance combined aerobic training had a particularly significant effect on middle-aged and elderly patients with depression, as well as on those with moderate depression. …”
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The Immunological Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Characteristics of Children in Tajikistan Republic by Nighina M. Khodzhaeva, Alla M. Baranova, Anatoly K. Tokmalaev

“…In most cases, they were school-age children (56%). The peak incidence was recorded in July-October. …”
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Mechanisms and Emerging Regulators of Neuroinflammation: Exploring New Therapeutic Strategies for Neurological Disorders by Mi Eun Kim, Jun Sik Lee

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Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Associated Severe Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children by Madhusha Gonapaladeniya, Thushari Dissanayake, Guwani Liyanage

“…A hospital-based prospective study examined children below five years of age admitted with radiologically confirmed severe or very severe pneumonia in two tertiary care centers in Sri Lanka. …”
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L’ascension de l’artiste dans The Mountain and the Valley (1952) d’Ernest Buckler by André Dodeman

“…The Mountain and the Valley relates the intellectual coming of age of David Canaan, a young character whose artistic sensitivity sets him apart from the rest of his community in the Annapolis Valley, a valley in the Nova Scotian hinterland of Canada. …”
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Some sociolinguistic evaluations of performances of the California Vowel Shift: a matched-guise study by Pierre Habasque

“…The perception of the other variables, age and gender, do not seem to be significantly influenced by the performances, however. …”
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Lung Ultrasound Diagnostic Accuracy in Neonatal Pneumothorax by Luigi Cattarossi, Roberto Copetti, Giacomo Brusa, Stefano Pintaldi

“…Twenty-three had PTX requiring aspiration or chest drainage (birth weight 2120 ± 1640 grams; gestational age = 36 ± 5 weeks), and 26 were suffering from respiratory distress without PTX (birth weight 2120 ± 1640 grams; gestational age = 34 ± 5 weeks). …”
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The Relationship between Pinguecula and Diabetes Mellitus: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study by Hisham M. Jammal, Mohammed Abu-Ameerh, Jamila G. Hiasat, Sara Issa, Muawyah Al Bdour

“…The mean (standard deviation, SD) ages of the DM and non-DM groups were 59.5 (10.8) years and 59.0 (11.6) years (p-value = 0.729), respectively. …”
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Chemical and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Roman and Late Antique Glass from Northern Greece by Alberta Silvestri, Elissavet Dotsika, Antonio Longinelli, Enricomaria Selmo, Sophia Doukata-Demertzi

“…The present paper emphasizes the importance of measuring the oxygen isotopic and chemical compositions of ancient glass, in order to constrain some features such as age, raw materials, and production technologies and to identify the “fingerprint” of local productions. …”
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Population pharmacokinetics of ramipril in patients with chronic heart failure: A real-world longitudinal study by Trobec Katja Čvan, Grabnar Iztok, Trontelj Jurij, Lainščak Mitja, Kos Mojca Kerec

“…In addition, ramipril clearance was related to patient age and daily ramipril dose, while clearance of ramiprilat was influenced by glome rular filtration rate and daily ramipril dose. …”
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Incidental Radiopaque Lesions in the Jaw Bones: Retrospective Analysis by Ayşe Gül Öner Talmaç, Filiz Mediha Namdar Pekiner

“…The patients included in the study ranged in age from 14 to 83 years, with a mean age of 33.45 (± 13.80) years. …”
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Clinical Phenotype of Fucosidosis in Cuba by Víctor Jesús Tamayo Chang, George Alberto Pérez Benítez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> hurleroid facies, neurological and physical development impairment, joint contractures and skeletal deformities were the most frequent clinical manifestations in the 19 diagnosed cases. 84.2 % of patients presented angiokeratoma, and in 52.7 % there was delay in psychomotor development that began in infancy and rapid neurodegeneration, with loss of motor and language skills before the age of five. 42.1 % of patients died between 10 and 20 years of age. …”
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Cardiovascular health in perspective: a comprehensive five-year geodatabase of hospitalizations and environmental factors in Mashhad, Iran by Shahab MohammadEbrahimi, Mohammad Dehghan, Behzad Kiani

“…The median age of patients was 64 years, with 54.44% male. …”
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Prevalence and Triggering Factors of Headache among Jordanian Adolescents in Al-Mafraq Region by Mohammed Albashtawy, Nisser Alhroub, Zohair Zafar, Shaher Hamaideh, Laith Al-Osoufe, Malakeh Malak, Mahmoud Bashtawi, Asem Abdalrahim, Ahmad Rayan, Sa’d Albashtawy, Abdullah Alkhawaldeh, Ma’en Aljezawi, Mohammed Jallad, Imad Abu Khader, Bayan Albashtawy, Muna Al-Kharabsheh

“…Moreover, girl students in the age group of 14-15 reported more headaches and migraines. …”
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Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: A Network-Text by Michael Hinds

“…Drawing on Paul Mason’s opposition between hierarchy and network, this essay demonstrates that the poetry book, a traditionally hierarchical object, is reinventing itself as a network in the digital age.…”
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Study on the Strength Development of Cemented Backfill Body from Lead-Zinc Mine Tailings with Sulphide by Juanrong Zheng, Lijie Guo, Xiaoxiao Sun, Wenchen Li, Qi Jia

“…Under the same conditions, the finer the tailings, the lower the UCS of the cemented backfill body at each age, and the UCS of the cemented backfill body began to decrease at the earlier curing age. …”
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Profile and Geospatial Analysis of Dog Bite Cases Attending the Antirabies Vaccine Outpatient Department at the Tertiary Level Hospital of Mumbai by Dinesh Asokan, Anjali Mall, Lalit Sankhe, Nagaraj Jaganathasamy, Geeta Pardeshi

“…The epidemiological profile, including age, gender, and severity of bites, was examined. …”
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Influence of health status and loneliness on satisfaction with life, emotional dimensions, and distress in junior handball players by Miroljub Ivanović, Uglješa Ivanović

“…The pertinent sample consisted of 132 junior handball players in &ndash; Serbian First League. The average age of participants was 18.25 &plusmn; 0.90 years of age. …”
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New biomarkers for diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome by Farid I. Hassan, Mofeed F. Mohammed, Lamia H. Ali, Alaa A. M. Hussein

“…Background and aim The popular endocrine syndrome happening in women of reproductive age is polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). It is long understood that chronic ovaries with many tiny cysts, hyper vascularized androgen-secreting stroma, signs of extra androgen, and menstrual cycle irregularity are all related. …”
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